Souvenir-card.



No. 895,771. PATENTED AUG. 11, 1908.

J. LACKNER.

SOUVENIR CARD.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 4, 1908.

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features and structure hereinafter described,

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UNITED sT TEs JOHNIACKNER, OF'ILONG ISLAND-CITY, NEW YORK.

. SOUVENIR-CARD.

zen of the United States, and a resident of Long Island City, in thecounty of Queens 5 and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Souvenir-Cards, of which the following is aspecification. V

The invention relates to improvements in souvenir-cards; and it consistsin the novel and particularly pointed out in the claims. The object ofmy invention is to provide a souvenir-card comprising two bac s whichmay be locked together, for purposes of transmission, and upon theopening orunfolding thereof disclose an attractive pic ure of agradually appearing and disa pearing character, whereby an illusionary eectmay be produced, the picture preferably comprisis closed and whichwill gradually appear through an openingin a ortion thereof as the cardis opened and ikewise disappear through said opening during the closingof -the card. i

The card of my invention comprises'fbu'r ers connected together a hingedmanner at adjoining end edges, a bridge-piece connecting said cards atabout the middle ortions of their facing sides'and capable of foldingand unfolding,

each other, and a figure secured to the covers adjacent totheir hingeand projectingthrough a slot in said bridge-piece, whereby as the coversare opened said figure will become gradually exposedby the lowering ofsaid bridgepiece-downwardly over the same, and during the closing ofsaid covers said figure will be gradually concealed b "the upwardfolding movement ofthe middle por-.

tion'ofsaid bridge-piece over thesaine. The invention will sented,reference being ad to the accompa- Flgure 1 is a face view of asouvenir-card constructed in accordance withmy invention, the backs orcovers of thecard be shown in their interlocked position; F 2 is a viewof the reverse side of the" card, t evinclosed figurecbeing denoted'bydotted lines 3 is anenlar lo the same on the otted e 3-3 of Fig. 2;

'tudinal section of I Spe'cification of Letters Patent; 4 Applicationfiled. May 4, 1908. Serial No. 430, 687. 7

so as to permit said outer Y covers to beope'ned from and closed towardbe fully understood from the detailed descripltion hereinafter p retions10, ll-outwardly'fromzthe hinged ends of the latter and preferablyatabout the mid- 4 dl'e orfslightlybelow' themiddle ofsaid sec-f ftionsan'dflbear a scene-jappropriate "to the Patented Aug. 11, 1908.

,. Fig. 4 i s an edge view of the card, shown in its open position, thecentral figure being partly broken away, and Fig. 5 is a view showingthe card tilted. or partly in perspective and taken from one end of Fig.4.

In the drawings, 10, 1 1 designate the coversections of the card, 12 thecentral figure or picture-strip inclosed between the same, and 14 thebrldge-piece which connects said cover-sections 10, 11 at their innerfaces and above their lower hinged ends and which bridge-piece, due toits capability of folding, permits said cover-sections to be opened andclosed, said cover-sections being preferably in one integral piecefolded on the line 9 to constitute a hinge at the inner adjacent ends ofsaid sections. .The outer surface of one cover-section may be used foran address, as denoted in Fig. 1, .and the outer face of the othercover-section may be left-plain or suitablyillustrated or bearinscriptions, as may be desired. I

The figure 12 is shown as being in the out-. line of a woman pictured asdressed in bathing costume, and said figure will referably be formedfrom a piece of reasonab y stiff paer or card-board cut out to theoutline of the features, namely, the two outer backs or covure picturedthereon and having at its lower or inner end-edge a flap 15 which istransverse mlddle line, as at 16, and therein v95 formed with anarrowslot 17,- throu h which the outer portion of the figure 12 slig tlyprojects when the card as a wholefis. closed, and

through which also .the. figure 12 gradually appears and dies pears-asthecover-sections are opened and'c osed. 1 j

The bridge-piece 14. is formed at its ends,-

with the inwardly turned flaps 18 which are pasted to the facing sidesofithe ic over-sections; an by preference "thejjbridgez piece will heof. the same width as saidcover seccharacter-delineated'by the'figure12.. Forillustration, the figure 12 shown is that of a pasted to one ofthe cover or back sections woman in bathing costume, and hence the sceneon the bridge-piece is represented as 'the waves of the ocean-from whichthe figure will seemingly appear'as the card is opened and cause bothsides of the'figure 12 to pre-' sent the same icture, so that theinterior of the card may e viewed, while the latter is being opened orclosed from over the outer end of either cover-section.

The inner surfaces of the cover-sections 10, 11, outwardly from the endsof the bridge-piece 14, may be utilized to receive writing or otherinscriptions, as the owner of the card may elect.

It is preferable that the cover-sections 10,

- 11 be normally locked together at their free or outer ends,- eseciallyduring transmission through the mai ,and .to this end I provideone section-adjacent to its outer end with a slot 19 .to receive atongue20 formed on the end of theother cover-section, as shown;

The cover-sections being of flexible material, such asstiff paper orcard-board, no difficulty will be experienced in inserting the tongue 20through the slot 19 Without break ing or materially bending thesections; and

saidjtongue when inserted throu'ghthe slot 19 will bind the outer endsof the cover-sections together.

I do not limit the invention to any special picture tube delineated onthe figure-strip 12 nor to any special scene to be presented on theouter'surface' of the bridge-piece 14, but

I recommend that said picture and scene be appropriate {to each other sothat the card may present an artistic effect and its value be enhancedaccordingly. Figs. 1, 2 and 3 show the card in its closed osition. Whenthe cover-sections are unocked by the withdrawal of the ton ue 20 p,from the slot 19 and gradually opene from each other, thebridge-piece 14is extended and caused to gradually slide down on and to an increasingextent expose the fi urestrip 12, the latter appearing to ascend om theslot '17 in the creased line 16 of said bridge-piece, and when thecover-sections 10,11 are gradually closed toward each other, the middleportion of the bridge-piece 14-gradually folds upwardly on and to anincreasing extent conceals said figure-strip 12,

the latter seemingly descending through the slot 17 'or disappearing.The slot 17 is made verynarrow so that the figure strip may seem toappear from and disappear into the scene pictured on the bridge-piece14.

The card may be used as a souvenir postal card or as a novelty, and thefigure-strip 12 will vary in accordance with what it may be desired torepresent thereby.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:i

1'. Acard comprising cover-sections hinged together at adjoining edges,a foldable bridgepiece connecting said sections at their inner acesoutwardly from the hinge, and a strip bearing a figure secured to acover-section adjacent to said hinge and extending through saidbridge-piece; substantially as set forth.

2. A card comprising cover-sections hinged together at adj oining edges,a foldable bridgepiece connecting said sections at their inner acesoutwardly from the hinge, anda strip defining at its edges an outlinefigure and bearing a picture fitting said outline, said strip beingsecured to a'cover-section adjacent to said hinge and extending throughsaid bridge-piece; substantially as set forth. 3. A card comprisingcover-sections hinged together at adjoining edges, a foldable bridgeiececonnecting said sections at their inner faces outwardly from the hinge,and a strip bearing a figure secured to a cover-section adjacent to saidhinge and extending through said bridge-piece, one of saidcover-sections having a slot adjacent to its free end and the othercover-section having at its free end a tongue to be inserted throughsaid slot and lock said sections in closed position; substantially asset forth. Q

4. A card'comprising cover-sections hinged together at adjoining edges,a foldable bridgepiece outwardly creased and slotted at its middleportion and at its ends having flaps fastened to the inner faces of saidsections, and a strip bearing a figure and havingat its inner end afiapsecured to a cover section at .said hinge, said strip thenceextending between the folded portions of said bridgepiece and throughthe slot therein; substantially as set fort Signed at New JOHN LAGKNER;

York city, in the county of New York, and State of New York, this 1stday of May A. D. 1908. 1

